To mark National Shakespeare Day, we've teamed up with Britannica Magazine to celebrate William Shakespeare’s unrivalled talent for inventing new words. Plus, don't miss your chance to create your own new word and enter it into a brilliant competition!
It’s shocking to watch events unfolding in Ukraine and, understandably, many children have a lot of questions and concerns about what is happening. We’re huge advocates of books for helping children to explore their feelings, practise empathy and develop their understanding of the world around them. With that in mind, we’ve put together this list of 13 books that you might find a useful starting point for talking with children about the war in Ukraine and its impact:
To mark the release of Monster Max and the Marmalade Ghost, we invited author Robin Bennett to tell us about his own reading journey as a child and how he thinks we can best encourage reluctant readers.
If you’re looking for some bookish inspiration this World Book Day, we think these quotes from some of our favourite children’s books are a great place to start.
With so many subscription boxes for children on the market now, how do you choose right one? We know it can be overwhelming when there’s so much choice, so here are our top tips for things to think about when choosing the right subscription box for your child.
If you’re looking for a subscription box for you or your kids, you are certainly not short of options. Of course, we’re a little biased, but we think a book subscription is just about the best thing to have pop through your letterbox each month. The benefits of a book subscription for children (and for grown-ups too) are many and varied. In no particular order, here are our top 5.
Our book subscription, with activities designed specifically to accompany each book, helps support your child’s literacy development throughout their time at school. You can also subscribe to similar subscription boxes that focus on everything from history to languages, nature to science, geography to art. But how exactly do they work and what are the educational benefits?
It should come as no surprise that teenagers today spend less time reading than previous generations. There are simply so many more digital distractions competing for their time and attention. But the benefits of reading for pleasure still apply to our tweens and teens, so how can we encourage them to put down their phones and pick up a book instead? Here are a few of our top tips.
There’s a new bird on the block! We are excited to be launching a new book subscription box for young readers aged 12+. We’ve always wanted our book club to grow as our subscribers get older and as my own son prepares to head off to secondary school, now feels like the right time. Here’s why…
Of course, reading together is for life, not just for Christmas! But there’s something particularly special about the books we share with our kids at Christmas. Getting out the box of Christmas books is as much a part of our pre-Christmas preparations as decorating the tree.
There are so many brilliant Christmas books for kids to choose from, you’ll be spoilt for choice. Here we share our top recommendations for a bit of festive reading this holiday season.
Alex Johnson is a journalist and author of How to Give Your Child a Lifelong Love of Reading, which is packed with practical advice and recommendations for encouraging your child to read, as well as contributions from a host of children’s writers, including Michael Rosen, Cressida Cowell and Jacqueline Wilson.
We are asked all the time for book recommendations for kids who love sport. If your youngsters, like mine, are missing their usual sports clubs, teams and activities during lockdown, why not try quenching their sporty thirst with some of these fiction books for sport-loving kids?
